Candy Altman Named Group News Executive for Hearst-Argyle Television.Business Editors NEW YORK/BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 Candy Altman has been named a Group News Executive for Hearst-Argyle Television Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., is a broadcasting company in the United States. Hearst-Argyle is majority-owned by the New York City-based Hearst Corporation, and holds joint ventures in television production with NBC Universal Television Distribution, has an Internet partnership , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HTV HTV H-II Transfer Vehicle HTV Harlech Television (Wales, UK) HTV Hrvatska Televizija (Croatian television) HTV Heidenheimer Tarifverbund (German) HTV Habitual Traffic Violator ). The announcement, effective July 3, was made today by Anthony J. Vinciquerra, executive vice president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Hearst-Argyle Television. Altman has been news director of Hearst-Argyle's WCVB-TV, Boston, since 1993, and was named a vice president of the station in 1998. In her new role, Altman will consult regularly with a group of Hearst-Argyle television stations' news departments to strengthen their competitive positions in their respective markets. She will report to Fred Young, Hearst-Argyle vice president, news. Brian Bracco, formerly vice president and news director of Hearst-Argyle's KMBC-TV, Kansas City, is the Company's other Group News Executive, and was the first named to the newly created post in February 2000. A search for a new News Director at WCVB-TV will begin immediately. "Candy Altman is one of the most respected executives in television journalism and has been instrumental in WCVB's news leadership in Boston," Vinciquerra said. "In addition, Candy will work to establish a training and development program that will allow us to develop news personnel for our station group." "We're thrilled that Candy will be able to bring her special personality, news instincts and distinguished expertise to other stations in the Hearst-Argyle group," added Paul La Camera, WCVB-TV president and general manager. Altman joined WCVB WCVB Warren County Visitors Bureau (Pennsylvania) in 1983 as executive producer of NewsCenter5 Tonight, the station's 11 p.m. weeknight week·night n. A night of the week exclusive of Saturday and Sunday. week  nights newscast. She later became executive producer of NewsCenter5 at Six and, subsequently, the station's executive producer of news. During Altman's term as news director, the WCVB news team has received numerous prestigious journalism awards including three national Edward R. Murrow Awards, two Peabody Awards and several Gabriel Awards, and was consistently named "News Station of the Year" by the New England Regional Associated Press. Altman is a recent past president of the ABC News Affiliate Advisory Board. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Cortland The State University of New York College at Cortland, also called SUNY Cortland, is located in Cortland, New York. Cortland is located off of Interstate 81, between Syracuse and Binghamton. and received a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism The Missouri School of Journalism [2] is the world’s first school of journalism. It was founded by Walter Williams on Sept. 14, 1908, on the campus of the University of Missouri–Columbia. . Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. owns and/or manages 26 television stations and seven radio stations, in geographically diverse U.S. markets. The Company's television stations reach about 17.5% of U.S. TV households, making it one of the two largest U.S. television station groups not primarily aligned with a single network, as well as one of the seven largest television groups overall as measured by audience delivered. The Company also is a leader in the convergence of broadcast television and interactivity and is engaged in partnerships with several fast-growing interactive-media companies. Hearst-Argyle trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol "HTV." Hearst-Argyle's corporate Web address is www.hearstargyle.com. |
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